Saw.



PATENTED JAN. 21, 1908.

G. WARD.

SA W. APPLIGATION FILED MAY 6,1907.

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Bpecificeaion of Letters Paton-t.

Eutented. Ian. 2 1 ,Ql 908.

Application filed Hey s. 1901. Serial 1%. 372.199.

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known "shot 1, EDWARD G. WARD, s citizen or the United States, residing at l lliladehhie in filic count of Philedel hieand State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and ;seful Improvements in Saws, of which the following is s specificstion.

This inventiozi relates to sews, and the principal object of the invention is to reduce the frictional contact of the saw blade against; the side walls of the saw lrcrl.

Another obgecl, of the invention 1s to stiffen the saw blade Without adding to the thickness of the blade.

Still another object is to provide means for guiding the saw blade in the kerf.

Another object is to. provide ineans for Jermitting lien, thus eidin and rendering the sctioii of the saw more smooth and less liable to stick in the kerl.

These and other objccls may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the occonipsnying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of e saw blade mode ii 'sccordencc with my invention. Fig. 2 same. a. saw blade of slightly modified form. Fig. 4 is a. similar view of a. still further modified form.

Referring to the drawing for s more perticulor description of my invention, thenumerel 1, in Figs. 1. and 12, designates a sew blade provided with 2 extending'longiiudinelly of the blade, said ribs being (li posed slincmcnt upon the opposite sides of the blade. Between the ribs 2,longit-udi-- nelly disposed grooves 3 are provided.

In Figs. 1 aid 2 the ribs :1 are comparatively acute or sl'ierp; while in. Fig. 3 the ribs 2 a do not come to a sharp ed s, but are slightly flattened st outer so see, while the grooves 3 substantially identical in cross scccionel contour with those of 1 and 2.

The construction in Fig. 4 differs but slightly from that shown in Fig. 3, that a free circulation of air in the.

in keeping the blade cool.

is a vertical section of the" Fig. 3 is s vertical sectional view of the ribs 2 and grooves 3 describe continuous compound curves or undulations.

The ribs and grooves serve to reduce the friction of the saw blade in the sew lrerl, for

theresson that there is emsterislrcduction iii the surface contact as compared to a saw having lain list sides. The ribs add still-- ness an rigidity to the blade and assist in guiding the blade in the kerf. The grooves permit the entrance of air to the kerf during the action of the saw, and this has 2. tendency to keep the blade cool, prevents un due expansion caused by heating of the blade, and assists in a smooth action of the saw owing to a. free circulation of air at various points longitudinally and transversely of the blade.

Fromthe foregoing it may be noted that the cost of producing a saw blade in conforr'nity with my invention is less than the ordiiiery flat blade, owing to the fact that there is if saving of material in e blade of equal stillness as comperei'l to the flat blade,

while the many edvantc%es 'hereinbel'ore referred to are also altainei My invention is applicable to nearly all kinds of saws, and 1181106 particular tyies of sews have not been mentioned in this specification.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Petent, is:

1. A. saw blade provided with longitudinally disposed ribs and intermediate grooves.

2. A saw blade provided with longitudinally disposed ribs and intermediate grooves 113011 diametrically opposite sides of the blade.

3. A saw blade provided with ribs and in termediotc grooves disposed in planes per- :illel to the saw teeth upon opposite sides of the blade.

in testimony whereof I ollix my signaturen L] presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD G. WARD.

Witnesses:

J. W. lllACBURNEY, FRANK D. MCLAIN. 

